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Syrian Sanctuary

a Pleiades name resource

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Syrian Sanctuary


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  • Modern (AD 1700-Present) (confident)

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The sanctuary was originally a sacred grove (lucus) to the deity Furrina, thus the name Lucus Furrinae. However, the variety of later incursions by Syrian deities have caused later scholars to call the sanctuary the Syrian Sanctuary as well.